Customer Ratings & Reviews

OK... I had the Garmin vivoactive HR great watch. Did thr job for a couple years. The step measurement was always a bit short, and the sleep tracker was meh.. But it was a great system, lasted 5 to 6 days. But I went swimming with it, and it suffered an "unrecoverable failure". So I started researching and came down on the Garmin (yeah I trust the name) Vivoactive 3 and the Instinct. Chose the instinct because it seems tougher. Light weight, durable have had it on my wrist for a week and it's awesome. I needed a way to respond to texts without grabbing the phone (for meetings etc) Been using for 5 days.. Only lost a bar in the battery.. (I despise a smart watch you have to recharge every night.. Because frequently I'm not near my charger for a couple days. Yes.. It is not connectable to the Garmin IQ... It doesn't store music or have the Garmin pay stuff.. It's a tough workhorse watch. That looks good. To be honest the cute colored watch faces were nice (this is monochrome) but I need a watch that works in the rough environment I work in. Easy to read quick to learn the operations... It's a time piece not a wrist toy. There are 6 faces you can have. The standard black with white digital gives you, time with seconds , date, steps, sunrise sunset. A couple of button pushes brings up an accurate compass, altimeter, alternate time, weather, events messages and heart rate... You cans set it up anyway you want. Its not touch screen so ya gotta work the buttons, but it feels and looks great. Looks like a real watch.

This watch is great for military members and non has GPS compass weather apo u can down load to track heartbeat steps sleep . Also can be linked to a phone fir message notification or calls definitely wear it every day battery last about 7 plus days without charge. I take a shower with it and I work in a freezer environment and holds up beautifully.

Love the rugged and efficient features. Great battery life. Used the GPS feature to get back to hotels while traveling in south east Asia this year, very useful!!! Use waterproof feature to track swimming. Very good to take on hikes and for runners. Wife and I go on night hikes to take pictures of Arizona’s many national monuments, watch helps to track moon phases, we go on nights with no moon to get a better view of the night sky. I would highly recommend this watch.

Best watch for the money. I prefer function over appearance or fancy screens. The disply on the watch reminds me of a low-def Ti calculator screen, which I think is cool. Tou can text, email, make calls, etc. But that isnt really why I got this watch. I love the HR monitor, one of the most accurate wrist-based HRs out there. However, you can still pair this with a chest strap HR via bluetooth or ANT+. The other reason why I got this is because this also has an accurate GPS to track running and hiking on trails with a topographic map. It also has many exercise options with different training intervals and intensity cues. This watch is also rugged, and has impact, dust amd water resistant ratings that are among the best. Nothing fancy about thia watch. It just works.

So far everything works perfect except the heart monitor, which is slightly inaccurate.. unfortunately that’s why I am giving it four stars. It’s a beautiful watch! It grabs a lot of compliments and looks super sporty and stylish. I love the alarm option which really wakes me up!! It’s a must have watch if you don’t worry about the heart monitor option. GPS is accurate and steps as well. The battery life is way better than most other smart watches in the same range.

Battery life is way better than I expected, purchased on 4-22-21, 3 weeks later I'm still running on it's 2nd charge. I thought not having a touchscreen smartwatch would suck, but this thing has exceeded all expectations. Bluetooth connectivity is great,. If i leave my phone charging as I'm doing things around the house, i still get all notifications. You can preset custom messages to reply to texts through the watch, block apps from sending your watch notifications (apps of less importance), answer and dismiss phone calls, shuffle though your phone's music, it can sort of track your workouts and remind you to move, get instant gps coordinates from it, mark waypoints, and navigate(helps in my line of work), and the screen is easy to see and read even in direct sunlight, and a bunch of other cool stuff that i don't always use. I purchased screen protectors that i haven't even used yet (i will) but this gorilla glass has kept it scratch free. Sitting here trying to come up with any cons but i can honestly say i can't think of any. Too many great things to say about this watch to fit in here.

I have had a couple of other smart watches, but none have come close to this. I have a Samsung and I really like that watch but you are lucky to get a full day out of a charge on it. Even connected to my phone I can still get two weeks or more out a of charge with the Garmin. I really, really, like the Garmin and all the extras that it can do. It has become my all day wearable.

This is best watch money can buy. Great for tracking and built to last. Battery life is the best part. I am at around 50% after one week.

Confortable, easy to use, easy app and battery last for 28 days.

Awesome watch, I love it, the only thing is that the screen is not touch like an I watch but this one is more tactical and the battery last forever I would recommend this one 100%

It’s a great watch never lost connection tells me what I need to know I am a contractor I put a screen protector on it And I use it every day and no complaints no scratches ( small ones )but the watch resist so far it’s been like a month and still good like day one

Good: This is a tough watch that is not quite as gargantuan as some of the other “tough” watches out there, and the step tracking works natively with the service my company uses. The altimeter function is nice, once you have it calibrated to a known location. And the Garmin iOS app has a nice look and good functionality. If you like to keep up with your pulse rate it does a pretty good job of that. Battery life is fantastic! Bad: It can be difficult to read at times because the automatic light function doesn’t always work. You have to calibrate the altimeter regularly to keep any sort accuracy. If you are used to a touchscreen interface like the Apple Watch, it can be a bit frustrating to struggle through the menus with the side buttons to make basic changes. The “weather” feature does not keep current information, and you have to get your phone out to look it up. (At that point, why even claim to have weather functionality?) Battery life diminishes greatly if uses GPS. The Ugly: The watch constantly loses connection to the phone. It doesn’t matter if the two are never more than a few feet apart, it drops connection and refuses to reconnect. You can delete the app, reinstall, get all the settings right, and still lose connection in minutes. I would return this watch if I could, but it worked fine enough for the first few weeks to convince me to keep it. Now it looks like it is only good for telling time and being “tough”, so it certainly isn’t worth the money. Conclusion: If you love the looks, want a tough watch but don’t want a G-Shock, and you don’t really care about the “smart” functions, this may be the watch for you. But if you are looking for something tough but with Apple Watch functionality then move along, move along. This is not the watch you are looking for.

Have had this watch for over a year now, the battery life is outstanding and the functionality of it is great. Spent 3 hours in a pool playing pool volleyball, with the watch on no issues, stayed water proof. It’s an outstanding product.

With a battery life of 12 days in gps mode, this watch is all I needed. It shows me notifications and tells me the time while also being rugged enough to take a hit or two. Great basic smart watch with insane battery life so I don't have to worry about charging it.

This watch ROCKS! Great for mtb and moto rides running etc. Map feature so you can track your camp. Does full route maps for you too. I use the map features on mtb rides once or more weekly and it lasts around 9 days on a charge. Highly recommend!! Oh and my last watch didnt last a day at work mixing concrete. This one is about a year olld and kicking butt. It is super durable. Dirt mud rocks concrete shock from impact all day long and runs perfect!!

Beautifully designed affordable smart watch with just the right amount of app integration for my teenage son.

So far this has been the best Christmas gift my boyfriend and I have gotten for each other. The sleep and stress monitors are particularly helpful especially because I can track throughout my day what had my heart rate up. It also details the quality of sleep you are getting and how that effects you battery charge and activity level over the next day which was pretty enlightening. We haven’t used the GPS functions yet, but we are stoked to try out the trails and the compass is awesome. Also, the weather helps us immensely because it includes the wind speed and direction which is great for deciding weather we surf or paddleboard/kayak. We also love the shared challenges we can set up in the Garmin app to make sure we are holding each other accountable for our daily activity goals.

Its an amazing watch, i just wish the battery didn't stop charging, but everything else is amazing and i get another in the future

I just bought this watch. So far it works great tracks everything I need it to and does so much more. I would recommend it to my friends. I watched a couple of YouTube videos to understand how to change things around the directions out of the box are not much help.

Bought it, wore it, loved it. Extremely long battery life.